Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:43:38 -0700
Reply-To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Front Blinkers are super Dim
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It would take some seriously wrong bulbs -- bulbs with far more wattage
than would fit those sockets -- to drag the voltage down from 13V to 9V.
BTW, voltage isn't current. Current is amperes.
--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
Bend, Ore.
1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
Sent from my kitchen.
On 08/25/2011 02:39 PM, Karl Wolz wrote:
> I was thinking "wrong bulbs", but if the current is actually 9V, that's
> obviously not the problem, although he said the problem occurred when he
> replaced the bulbs, so they're still my prime suspect.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
>
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
> |On Behalf Of Rocket J Squirrel
> |Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 1:52 PM
> |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> |Subject: Re: Front Blinkers are super Dim
> |
> |He says the side marker lights are nice and bright. Don't they
> |share the ground with the turn indicators? Poor grounds on
> |both sides of the vehicle is not impossible, but I don't know
> |how a ground could favor one filament over another.
> |
> |AND the man writes to say that, "I seem to be getting around 9
> |volts to the blinkers while 13 volts is measured in corner
> |marker mode with the engine running."
> |
> |Far better to investigate where the missing four volts have
> |gone. Me, I'd be eyeballing the blinker relay thingy.
> |
> |--
> |Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> |Bend, Ore.
> |1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
> |1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct
> |company in San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
> |
> |Sent from my kitchen.
> |
> |On 08/25/2011 01:19 PM, Greg Potts wrote:
> |> Measure continuity from ground side of the bulb connection
> |to ground.
> |> If it's more than 0 Ohms, you have found the problem.
> |>
> |> Happy Trails,
> |>
> |> Greg Potts
> |> Toronto, Ontario Canada
> |> 197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
> |> 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop (ND Graphics graphics wrap)
> |> 1988 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop (Colleen's ride) Engine conversion
> |> blog: http://www.pottsfamily.ca/wordpress/
> |> www.pottsfamily.ca
> |>
> |> BUSES OF THE CORN - AUGUST 12-14th, 2011 www.busesofthecorn.ca
> |>
> |>
> |> On 8/25/2011 3:36 PM, craig cowan wrote:
> |>> What ground goes to the blinker?
> |>> The relay is labeled number 21 and it looks like it's in really nice
> |>> shape.
> |>> Contacts are perfect. Any way to test?
> |>>
> |>> -Craig
> |>>
> |>>
> |>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Rob<becida@comcast.net> wrote:
> |>>
> |>>> if it's VW, electrical& a problem add a ground.
> |>>> Seriously, add a ground or at least super clean what you have.
> |>>>
> |>>> Rob
> |>>>
> |>>>
> |>>>
> |>>> At 8/25/2011 09:42 AM,craig cowan wrote:
> |>>>
> |>>>> In getting all the lights to work on my project syncro ('87), i'm
> |>>>> finding
> |>>>> that the front blinkers are SUPER dim. Uselessly so. This
> |is despite
> |>>>> new
> |>>>> bulbs and cleaned up housings. As side marker lights with
> |either the
> |>>>> ignition off or on, they are wonderfully bright. However,
> |as blinkers,
> |>>>> only
> |>>>> a single element lights and poorly. I seem to be getting around
> |>>>> 9volts to
> |>>>> the blinkers while 13 volts is measured in corner marker
> |mode with the
> |>>>> engine running.
> |>>>>
> |>>>> I really have no idea why this would be, as it seems to
> |me there's good
> |>>>> power and ground since the marker mode works well.
> |>>>> Any ideas as to where to start? I'm completely at a loss so any
> |>>>> suggestion
> |>>>> would be good.
> |>>>>
> |>>>> Thanks!
> |>>>>
> |>>>> -Craig Cowan
> |>>>>
> |>>>
> |>>>
> |>>
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